The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 18, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
2:00 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 177
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 65.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 14.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.77° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.43° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.02° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.